Jack Favor
| Jack Graves Favor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 30, 1911 Eula, Callahan County Texas, USA |
| Died | December 27, 1988 (aged 77) Arlington, Tarrant County Texas, USA |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
| Resting place | Parkdale Cemetery in Arlington, Texas |
| Residence | Arlington, Texas |
| Alma mater | Abilene High School (Texas) |
| Occupation |
Rodeo performer and manager |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Divorced prior to 1940 |
| Children |
From second marriage: |
Rodeo performer and manager
Sales representative
(1) Divorced prior to 1940
pearl alexander
From second marriage:
Juanita Jane Favor Jacobs
Janice Kay Favor Kitterman
Jack Graves Favor, known as Cadillac Jack Favor (November 30, 1911 – December 27, 1988), was an American rodeo performer who was framed and falsely imprisoned in 1967 for two murders committed in North Louisiana by two hitchhikers whom Favor had given a ride. In 1974, in a retrial he was cleared of the crime and released.
Favor, the son of Robert Dixon Favor and Georgia Graves, was born and reared on a ranch near Eula in Callahan County east of Abilene, Texas. He graduated in 1929 from Abilene High School and began his first of two stints in the United States Navy. On his return to Texas in 1932 at the beginning of the Great Depression, Favor worked on a dairy farm and then as a truck driver for a plumbing supply company. Divorced after a brief marriage to Pearl Alexander, Favor married the former Ponder Irene Rhodes (1914-1993) on October 14, 1941 in Callahan County, Texas.
During World War II, Favor returned to the Navy in 1943, but his passion was in rodeo, particularly bulldogging and bronc riding. At 6' 2" and 230 pounds, Favor in 1942 rode the legendary bucking horse Hell's Angel at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the Gene Autry Rodeo. Favor mounted Hell's Angel despite a leg injury which he treated with a spray of ether. He won $18,000 for his feat. On four occasions he held the rodeo bulldogging record, including throwing a steer in 2.2 seconds at the rodeo in Houston, Texas. The record of 2.2 seconds remains unbeaten, but it has been matched by James "Big Jim" Bynum of Forreston, near Waxahachie, Texas. In 1946, back from the war, Favor won rodeo championships in Denver and Fort Worth, where he had relocated in 1939.
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